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Table 2 Continuous demographics

From: Prevalence of depression and associated risk factors among persons with type-2 diabetes mellitus without a prior psychiatric history: a cross-sectional study in clinical settings in urban Nepal

Continuous variables

Range

Mean ± SD

Sex difference (T-test value)

95% Confidence interval

pvalue

  

Total

Male

Female

   

Age (years)

23-100

52.0 ± 13.1

52.2 ± 12.6

51.7 ± 13.5

0.40

-2.10, 3.15

0.69

Education (years)

0-19

5.8 ± 6.7

6.3 ± 6.9

5.4 ± 6.5

1.29

-0.46, 2.22

0.20

No of members in family

1-20

5.0 ± 3.0

5.1 ± 3.1

4.8 ± 2.8

1.21

-0.23, 0.96

0.23

Monthly income (thousand rupees)

0-200

17.9 ± 37.0

18.7 ± 39.9

17.2 ±34.2

0.40

-59.20, 89.39

0.69

Monthly family income (thousand rupees)

0-500

50.7 ± 68.2

43.9 ±5.6

57.0 ± 77.3

-1.89

-26.73, 51.69

0.06

Monthly family expenditure (thousand rupees)

0-130

28.7 ± 25.9

26.7 ± 24.1

30.6 ± 27.3

-1.51

-91.47, 12.09

0.13

Monthly diabetes related health care cost (thousand rupees)

0-35

2.2 ± 4.3

2.1 ± 4.2

2.3 ± 4.5

-0.48

-1.08, 0.66

0.63

  1. Note: 1000 Nepali Rupees is equivalent to approximately 10 US dollars.